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Music in Peebles: Red Priest

The Baroque Bohemians

Part of the Music in Peebles 2018/19

Add to my Calendar 05-03-2019 19:30 05-03-2019 21:30 36 Music in Peebles: Red Priest Putting the rock into baroque! Red Priest plays baroque music with attitude as well as astonishing virtuosity and sets out to challenge perceived notions of how music of this period should be performed. In this programme, Red Priest explores the connections between gypsy musicians and the master composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Handel, Biber and, of course, Vivaldi. From the Eastern European folk influences in the music of Telemann, to the recently discovered Uhrovska Collection of gypsy dance tunes from 1730, Red Priest combines its trademark baroque dynamism with true gypsy mayhem! For full details, please visit the Music in Peebles website. “supreme musicians” (The Observer) Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre
Eastgate
Peebles
Scottish Borders
EH45 8AD
Scotland

Programme

Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor 'L'Estro Armonico', RV 356
Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto in E minor TWV 52
Various – music influenced by folk and gypsy dance tunes

Performers

Red Priest

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Programme Note

Putting the rock into baroque! Red Priest plays baroque music with attitude as well as astonishing virtuosity and sets out to challenge perceived notions of how music of this period should be performed.

In this programme, Red Priest explores the connections between gypsy musicians and the master composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Handel, Biber and, of course, Vivaldi. From the Eastern European folk influences in the music of Telemann, to the recently discovered Uhrovska Collection of gypsy dance tunes from 1730, Red Priest combines its trademark baroque dynamism with true gypsy mayhem!

For full details, please visit the Music in Peebles website.

“supreme musicians” (The Observer)

Red Priest (L to R: Piers Adams, recorders; Adam Summerhayes, violin; Angela East, cello; David Wright, harpsichord)

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